RED VELVET CHEESECAKE INGREDIENTS Two (8-ounce) packages cream cheese‚ at room temperature 2/3 cup granulated white sugar Pinch of salt 2 large eggs 1/3-cup sour cream 1/3-cup heavy whipping cream 1-teaspoon vanilla extract RED VELVET CAKE: 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1-teaspoon salt 2 large eggs‚ at room temperature 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil 1-cup buttermilk 1/4 cup (two
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Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery is a short story filled with ironies. The title itself already gives a contrary meaning to the first thing that comes to the reader’s minds. The Lottery in this story refers to the tradition wherein the winner of the lottery would be stoned to death. This is divergent to what we first think when we hear the word lottery; winning a big amount of money. The story begins with a clear and thorough description of the town square in which the story is set. It begins‚ “The
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"The Great Gatsby" Setting The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a popular novel that has remained one of the best-known literary works to this day. Set in the 1920s‚ the story is narrated by Nick Caraway‚ an easy-going bond salesman who lives next door to Jay Gatsby whom the story revolves around. Jay Gatsby is a man with a mysterious past‚ who lives in New York and is famous for his extravagant parties and fabulous wealth. The story is set during the summer in which Tom Buchannan‚ his wife
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The settings and backdrops in The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ are essential elements to the formation of the characters‚ symbolic imagery and the overall plot development. Fitzgerald uses East and West Egg communities to portray two separate worlds and two classes of people that are technically the same their status‚ but fundamentally different in their ideals. The physical geography of the settings is representative of the distance between classes of the East and West Eggers. Every
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when every year it was a man that was picked. To keep the readers interested in finishing the story the author used an exceptional balance of setting‚ characterization‚ context‚ in what made this short story and interesting read. Initially‚ the setting was what started this reading off and the author went into adequate detail and element in the setting. In the
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Count Dracula is one of the most famous villains in the fields of film and literature. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer‚ Dracula is depicted as being both serious and humorous. These attributes deviate from the original account where Dracula is shown as being powerful and evil. Evidently‚ past adaptations have not portrayed him as having a sense of humor. It is asserted that the power of a vampire is rooted in darkness and in his self. There is some truth in the statement owing to the fact that vampires
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about in this essay is how scout will realize later on what her father atticus really meant by to not kill a mockingbird for it is a sin and how her long night’s journey will change her perspective on the world and how her child innocence is gone and how she becomes more understanding of encounters problems and learns how to be more intelligent and assertive with her situations . And i will also be touching up on this essay is the tone‚theme and setting In chapter 28 the setting is very dark in
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Shirley Jackson takes great care in creating a setting for the story‚ The Lottery. She gives the reader a sense of comfort and stability from the very beginning. It begins‚ “clear and sunny‚ with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” The setting throughout The Lottery creates a sense of peacefulness and tranquility‚ while portraying a typical town on a normal summer day. With the very first words‚ Jackson begins to establish
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Trevor’s behavior is influenced by the setting of the story. The short story takes place is London‚ England right after World War Two. The setting influenced the characters in this story because all the gang had ever seen was war and the moral destruction that surrounded them along with the descending belief of hope. The gang had never known a reality other than war and its aftermath and this engulfed their lives. They live‚ breathe‚ and act in this war setting. The upbringing in this destruction has
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"Both Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ and Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ are concerned with representations of "evil"". Which creation/character do you find most frightening and why? Evil features in both Dracula’ and Frankenstein’ but the personification of this evil is different in both novels. A feeling of menace and doom pervades Dracula’ because of his supernatural powers. One feels that he has control of the evil and he has the power to manipulate the environment and people for his own ends. Frankenstein’
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